The Japanese government will launch an infectious diseases databank later this month, starting with a plan to collect data on 10,000 COVID-19 patients by next March, to help firms and universities develop treatments amid the pandemic, project members said Wednesday.Under the project, the government seeks to first collect blood and saliva samples as well as the treatment records of COVID-19 patients and make them available for firms and universities researching the respiratory disease possibly from this fall.About 50 medical institutions are expected to join the project, and the databank wil…READ FULL ARTICLE
